---
type: "Bill"
title: "Protects patients from certain penalties due to money judgments arising from actions brought by hospitals or health care professionals"
description: "Protects patients from liens against their primary residence and wage garnishment due to money judgments arising from actions brought by hospitals or health care professionals."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "A 7363"
citation: "New York A 7363 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["GOTTFRIED"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-05-06"
last_action: "2022-11-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8238a12f-4bba-4865-be38-d4a85484b494"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A7363"
source_hash: "fadf97a8e65a570ef44afe5d9dadcad8a1962fec4e587d75a8e148800ad9c817"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ny"]
---

# New York A 7363 (2021-2022) — Protects patients from certain penalties due to money judgments arising from actions brought by hospitals or health care professionals

Protects patients from liens against their primary residence and wage garnishment due to money judgments arising from actions brought by hospitals or health care professionals.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **A7363** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A7363&term=2021&Text=Y)
2. **A7363A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/A7363A)

## Votes

- Floor Vote - Version: A — **47–15** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **106–41** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **47–15** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- GOTTFRIED — primary (person)
- ANDERSON — cosponsor (person)
- BENEDETTO — cosponsor (person)
- BICHOTTE HERMELYN — cosponsor (person)
- BRAUNSTEIN — cosponsor (person)
- BURDICK — cosponsor (person)
- BURGOS — cosponsor (person)
- COLTON — cosponsor (person)
- CRUZ — cosponsor (person)
- DAVILA — cosponsor (person)
- DE LOS SANTOS — cosponsor (person)
- DINOWITZ — cosponsor (person)
- EPSTEIN — cosponsor (person)
- FAHY — cosponsor (person)
- FERNANDEZ — cosponsor (person)
- FORREST — cosponsor (person)
- GALEF — cosponsor (person)
- GIBBS — cosponsor (person)
- GONZALEZ-ROJAS — cosponsor (person)
- HEVESI — cosponsor (person)
- JACKSON — cosponsor (person)
- JEAN-PIERRE — cosponsor (person)
- KELLES — cosponsor (person)
- KIM — cosponsor (person)
- MAMDANI — cosponsor (person)
- MCDONALD — cosponsor (person)
- MCDONOUGH — cosponsor (person)
- MITAYNES — cosponsor (person)
- O'DONNELL — cosponsor (person)
- OTIS — cosponsor (person)
- PEOPLES-STOKES — cosponsor (person)
- RAMOS — cosponsor (person)
- REYES — cosponsor (person)
- RIVERA J — cosponsor (person)
- ROSENTHAL L — cosponsor (person)
- SEAWRIGHT — cosponsor (person)
- SIMON — cosponsor (person)
- SOLAGES — cosponsor (person)
- STECK — cosponsor (person)
- THIELE — cosponsor (person)
- WOERNER — cosponsor (person)
- ZINERMAN — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-05-06** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-05** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-19** REPORTED
- **2022-01-20** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.295
- **2022-03-14** AMENDED ON THIRD READING 7363A `amendment-passage`
- **2022-03-23** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2022-03-23** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2022-03-23** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-10** SUBSTITUTED FOR S6522A
- **2022-05-10** 3RD READING CAL.449
- **2022-05-10** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2022-05-10** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2022-11-21** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-11-23** SIGNED CHAP.648 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8238a12f-4bba-4865-be38-d4a85484b494`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).